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Mitgardia5rs_140616 by Gabriel Thomson, on Flickr]
Runa Hoskuldottir spoke the words of leaving with care and reverence, asking the gods and the ancestors to bless the journey they were about to embark upon. The man by her side stood silent, but he made the offerings at the right time, as she had instructed him, the coins of passage falling into the sacred bowl in a pattern that promised fair winds. The ritual over, she turned to look at him, smiling. “Well Erland, we shall have no trouble until we reach the mainland at least. A good start.”
Erland lifted his careworn face to meet her eyes. “Perhaps I am the trouble on the road. I know your father doesn’t approve of our betrothal, and how can I blame him? He knows next to nothing of me, and I cannot remember enough to quell his fears. Perhaps Sigurd was right and they should have left me to be claimed by the waves, at least that way your family would not be deprived of you in this hour!”
Runa snorted impatience. It was one of the things he loved about her, how little patience she had for his doubt and self-pity. “Don’t talk nonsense, betrothed. Do you think I could remain deceived about your true nature after months of nursing you back to health? You are a good man, I know it, and when we find your family, you will know it again too. As for Sigurd and Bjarke, they are superstitious fools to think that you are ill-omened just because they lost their best fishhook the day they found you floating in the wreckage of that ship. The gods are not responsible for their carelessness!”
Erland smiled. “Well, perhaps it shall be as you say. But we certainly won’t have fair winds to the mainland unless we move soon, no matter what the gods say. Is Olaf ready to go?”
Runa reached down to stroke the stocky grey cat at her feet. “Come then Olaf! I have packed a snack for you on the boat.” He miowed in response and trotted down the steps toward the jetty, with the couple following close behind him.
To be continued…
So i hope this will become a bit of a multi-build storyline... it started mainly cause i realised just how little of Historica i'd built in, and i wanted a reason to roam about a bit. I'd never built in Mitgardia before now either, so i just had to kick things off there.
But i do want to build more in Peregrinus as well (which has been woefully neglected by me), so the story might become slow going!
Mitgardia1.3rb_150616 by Gabriel Thomson, on Flickr]
Mitgardia1.2r_150616 by Gabriel Thomson, on Flickr]
Mitgardia1.7rs_150616 by Gabriel Thomson, on Flickr]
Mitgardia1.6_150616 by Gabriel Thomson, on Flickr]
Mitgardia7rs_140616 by Gabriel Thomson, on Flickr]
Mitgardia6rs_140616 by Gabriel Thomson, on Flickr]
Mitgardia10rs_140616 by Gabriel Thomson, on Flickr]
Hope you have enjoyed my first foray into building north of the border... thanks for looking. C&c welcome as always!